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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XL: Reign Of Justinian
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118--120,) and the Chronicle of Marcellinus.] [Footnote 124: Fortes ea regio (says Justinian) viros habet, nec in ullo differt ab Isauria, though Procopius (Persic.l.i.c.

18) marks an essential difference between their military character; yet in former times the Lycaonians and Pisidians had defended their liberty against the great king, Xenophon.

(Anabasis, l.iii.c.

2.) Justinian introduces some false and ridiculous erudition of the ancient empire of the Pisidians, and of Lycaon, who, after visiting Rome, (long before Aeenas,) gave a name and people to Lycaoni, (Novell.

24, 25, 27, 30.)].


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